Monitoring and Operating the Controller 
Alarm Setpoints Display 
Table 4-19  Procedure for Displaying Alarm Setpoints  
Step  Operation  Press  Result 
1 
Select Alarm  
Set-up Group 
SetupSetup
 
Until you see: 
Upper Display = SET  
Lower Display = ALARMS 
2 
Access the Alarm 
Setpoint Values 
Function
FunctionFunction
 
To successively display the alarm setpoints and their values. 
Their order of appearance is shown below. 
Upper Display = (the alarm setpoint value) 
Range values are within the range of the selected 
parameters except: 
DEVIATION (DEV) value = PV Span 
EVENTS (EV-ON/EV-OFF) value = Event Segment Number 
PV RATE OF CHANGE (PVRATE) = The amount of PV 
change in one minute in engineering units. 
LOOP BREAK ALARMS (BREAK) = The timer value may 
be changed only for controllers configured for ON/OFF 
control. 
Lower Display = A1S1 VAL = Alarm 1, Setpoint 1 Value 
  A1S2 VAL = Alarm 1, Setpoint 2 Value 
  A2S1 VAL = Alarm 2, Setpoint 1 Value 
  A2S2 VAL = Alarm 2, Setpoint 2 Value 
NOTES:  
With Three position step control, alarms set for “output” will 
not function.  
MANUAL, RSP, and F’SAFE selections do not have setpoint 
values. 
3 
Change a value 
or  
To change any alarm setpoint value in the upper display. 
4 
Return to Normal 
Display 
Lower
Display
Lower
Display
Lower
Display
 
 
 
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